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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr L. cupa vat, tub, LL cupa, copa, cup. See {Cup}, and cf {Keeve}.] 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr & vb n. {Cooping}.] To confine in a coop; hence to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up sometimes by in The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] ``Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.'' --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: co-op n : a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners [syn: {cooperative}] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coop n 1: a small building for housing poultry [syn: {chicken coop}, {hencoop}, {henhouse}] 2: made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept [syn: {cage}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: COOP Concurrent Object Orientated Programming (OOP)
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